[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 21 (Monday, May 30, 1994)]
[Pages 1171-1172]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 12918--Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to 
Rwanda and Delegating Authority With Respect to Other United Nations 
Arms Embargoes

May 26, 1994

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including section 5 of the 
United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c), 
the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 
et seq.), the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), and 
section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in view of United 
Nations Security Council Resolution 918 of May 17, 1994, it is hereby 
ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Arms Embargo. The following activities are prohibited, 
notwithstanding the existence of any rights or obligations conferred or 
imposed by any international agreement or any contract entered into or 
any license or permit granted before the effective date of this order, 
except to the extent provided in regulations, orders, directives, or 
licenses that may hereafter be issued pursuant to this order: (a) The 
sale or supply to Rwanda from the territory of the United States by any 
person, or by any United States person in any foreign country or other 
location, or using any U.S.-registered vessel or aircraft, of arms and 
related materiel of all types, including weapons and ammunition, 
military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary police equipment, and 
spare parts for the aforementioned, irrespective of origin. This 
prohibition does not apply to activities related to the United Nations 
Assistance Mission for Rwanda or the United Nations Observer Mission 
Uganda-Rwanda or other entities permitted to have such items by the 
United Nations Security Council; and
    (b) Any willful evasion or attempt to violate or evade any of the 
prohibitions set forth in this order, by any person.

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    Sec. 2. Definitions. For purposes of this order, the term: (a) 
``Person'' means a natural person as well as a corporation, business 
association, partnership, society, trust, or any other entity, 
organization or group, including governmental entities; and
    (b) ``United States person'' means any citizen or national of the 
United States, any lawful permanent resident of the United States, or 
any corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, or 
any other entity, organization or group, including governmental 
entities, organized under the laws of the United States (including 
foreign branches).
    Sec. 3. Responsibilities. The functions and responsibilities for the 
enforcement of the foregoing prohibitions are delegated as follows: (a) 
The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to take such actions, 
including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all 
powers granted to the President by section 5 of the United Nations 
Participation Act and other authorities available to the Secretary of 
State, as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this order, 
relating to arms and related materiel of a type enumerated on the United 
States Munitions List (22 C.F.R. Part 121). The Secretary of State may 
redelegate any of these functions to other officers and agencies of the 
United States Government; and
    (b) The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the 
promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted 
to the President by section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act 
and other authorities available to the Secretary of Commerce, as may be 
necessary to carry out the purpose of this order, relating to arms and 
related materiel identified in the Export Administration Regulations (15 
C.F.R. Parts 730-799). The Secretary of Commerce may redelegate any of 
these functions to other officers and agencies of the United States 
Government.
    Sec. 4. Authorization. All agencies of the United States Government 
are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their 
authority to carry out the provisions of this order, including 
suspension or termination of licenses or other authorizations in effect 
as of the date of this order.
    Sec. 5. Delegation of Authority. The Secretary of State and the 
Secretary of Commerce in consultation with the Secretary of State are 
hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations, and to employ all 
powers granted to the President by section 5 of the United Nations 
Participation Act and not otherwise delegated by Executive order, as may 
be necessary to carry out the purpose of implementing any other arms 
embargo mandated by resolution of the United Nations Security Council, 
consistent with the allocation of functions delegated under section 3 of 
this order. The Secretary of State or the Secretary of Commerce may 
redelegate any of these functions to other officers and agencies of the 
United States Government.
    Sec. 6. Judicial Review. Nothing contained in this order shall 
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by 
any party against the United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, 
its officers or employees, or any other person.
    Sec. 7. Effective Date. This order shall take effect at 11:59 p.m. 
eastern daylight time on May 26, 1994.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
May 26, 1994.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:06 a.m., May 27, 
1994]

Note: This Executive order will be published in the Federal Register on 
May 31.